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of the fault, and that of Rh. aiitiquitatis and Eg. callabus does 

 so most probably, i. e. in the least subsided region. Two possibilities 

 are then to be considered : in the tirst place near Diessen and 

 Esbeek more recent diluvium may have overlapped the denuded 

 pliocene and secondl}' the fault postulated in the above as a 

 straight line, may proceed more irregularly, so that in reality Esbeek 

 and Diessen come to lie east of it. — At all events it appears from 

 the foregoing that the young fossil mammalian remains in this part 

 of Noord Brabant, whose geology may give us still many surprises, 

 are rather numerous and may be of use in unravelling the tectonic 

 of tins province. 



The previous discoveries near Westerhoven and Oosteriiout as well 

 as the recent ones near Esbeek and Diessen were made in super- 

 ficial or nearly superficial loam deposits, which but for fossil 

 findings, would surely be referred to the "Argiles de la Campine '). 

 It has already previously been pointed out that these loam-deposits 

 may be of different ages; the palaeontological findings lend support 

 to this hypothesis. 



1) J. LüRiÉ. Bull. Soc. Beige de Géol. XXi. 1907 p. 532—576. 



